III 80. Chersonesos. Decree, II century C.E.

Monument

Type

Panel. 

Material

Marble. 

Additional description

Three non-joining fragments. One or two lines of text, following ruled lines. The front and back are polished. 

Place of Origin

Chersonesos. 

Fragment 1

Dimensions (cm)

H. 5.4, W. 5.3, Th. 2.0.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos). 

Find context

West sector of Chersonesos, area of the first Curtain Wall of the fortifications, layer of IX-X century C.E. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1960, excavations of Ye.G. Surov (НА НЗХТ, д. 804). 

Modern location

Sevastopol. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 36564/208. 

Fragment 2

Dimensions (cm)

H. 3.8, W. 4.0, Th. 2.0.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos) 

Find context

West sector of Chersonesos, area of the first Curtain Wall of the fortifications, layer of IX-X century C.E. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1960, excavations of Ye.G. Surov (НА НЗХТ, д. 804). 

Modern location

Non vidi. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 36564/209. 

Fragment 3

Dimensions (cm)

H. 4.8, W. 4.2, Th. 1.9.

Find place

Sevastopol (Chersonesos) 

Find context

West sector of Chersonesos, north of the Western Basilica. 

Find circumstances

Found in 1928, excavations of K.E. Grinevich (НА НЗХТ, д. 278, л. 4). 

Modern location

Non vidi. 

Institution and inventory

National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, 30683. 

Epigraphic field

Position

On the front. 

Lettering

Deeply cut, slightly elongated letters; serifs. 

Letterheights (cm)

1.6

Text

Category

Decree. 

Date

II century C.E. 

Dating criteria

Palaeography. 

Editions

Solomonik 1974, 43, № 11. 

Edition

1-2
[πρόεδροι Χερσονασειτᾶν τ]ᾶν [π]ο̣τ̣[ὶ τᾶι Ταυρικᾶι εἶπαν ---]
[---]
3
[---]
[---]---Ο---[---]
[---]---Μ[---]
[---]

Diplomatic

1-2
[......................]ΑΝ[.]..[.................---]
[---]
3
[---]
[---]---Ο---[---]
[---]---Μ[---]
[---]

EpiDoc (XML)

<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="1-2">
    <ab>
		<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">πρόεδροι Χερσονασειτᾶν</supplied> 
          <supplied reason="lost">τ</supplied>ᾶν
          <supplied reason="lost">π</supplied><unclear>οτ</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ὶ</supplied> 
          <supplied reason="lost">τᾶι Ταυρικᾶι εἶπαν</supplied> 
          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
		<lb n="1a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
    </ab> 
   </div>
<div type="textpart" subtype="inscription" n="3">
     <ab>
      <lb n="0"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
      <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>ο</orig><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>	
      <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><orig>μ</orig><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
      <lb n="2a"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
     </ab>
    </div>
 
Apparatus criticus

1-2: Adiunxit et supplevit Solomonik

Translation

[Proedroi of Chersonesites] who are ne[ar Tauris proposed]- - -

 

Commentary

Fragment 3.

1: start and end of line - parts of diagonals.

2: start of line - a vertical - ΝΜ.

 

Images

 

(cc) © 2017 Igor Makarov (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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